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Show COURT 3I0ITSE FIRE BUGS. A Little Indiana Town Has a Great Sensation Sen-sation Prominent Men Arsested. Indianapolis, Oct. 14. A special from Washington, Indiana, says: Detectives have been at work for a week on the court house lire aud so far have arrested four persons supposed to be connected with it. Samuel Harbine, a day laborer living here, after being be-ing arrested confessed his crime and implicated impli-cated several prominent people in it. As a result Auditor James C. Lavelle, .A. B. Hawes, a prominent citizen of Steele township, town-ship, and Basil Ledgerw ood were arrested today. Officers are now out after Michael Laveile, a brother of Auditor Lavelle. Harbine's story is that Lavelle hired him to burn the court liouse for 500, only s of which has been paid. It is reported that Ledgerwood is .i'so an-vions to turn states evidence. He claims to have been given a house and lot for his part iu the crime. Auditor Lavelie's bondsmen becoming frightened at the turn affairs were taking, required him to turn ail hispropejty over to tin-in . " ' - ' - - Lavelle has been auditor for eight years, and the fact that the people had confidence iu him makes his arrest and accusation the sensation of the hour. From the present circumstances it is supposed tliat he is short in his accounts, but no one knows the amount. Experts are now at work on his books. Hawes is in jrood circumstances. He is a desperate character. The city is full of people from the country and business is practically suspended. The four prisoners were before Judge Hefron this morning. They waived preliminary prelim-inary examination and were held in default of bail. A later dispatch received says that Ledgerwood and Ilarbinc plead guilty in cc-urt this af.ernoon. Sentence was suspended sus-pended by the judge as they will be used as wituesses. |